Back for sheet-music



' (No Model.)

G. G. SCOTT.

BACK FOR SHEET MUSIG. No. 331,555. Patented Dec. 1, 1885..

WITNESSES INVENTOR ugd m ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERARD G. SCOTT, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

BACK FOR SH EET-MUSIC.

SPECEPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,555, dated Decemberl, 1885.

Application filed December 13, 1884. Serial No. 150,271. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GERARD G. Soorr, of Bradford, in the county ofMcKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Backfor Sheet-Music, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved back foruniting the several sheets of sheet-music either when new or after theyhave become detached by continued use, thus preventing the loss of thesingle sheets.

The invention consists in a fabric on one surface of which two gummedstrips are socured longitudinally, the inner edges of the said stripsbeing separated a short distance from each other.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying.

drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved back for sheet-music. Fig.2 is a cross-sectional elevation of two united backs. Fig. 3 is across-sectional elevation of a binder for three sheets. Fig. 4c is across-sectional view of two united backs and the sheets secured to thesame.

The strips 0, of paper, are secured by means of adhesive material to thesame surface of a strip, A, of canvas or other fabric, or leather, thepaper strips 0 extending from the edges of the fabric strip to within ashort distance from the longitudinal central line of the same, so thatthe fabric is visible between the inner edges of the paper strips. Theouter or exposed surfaces are gunimed. The gummed surfaces of the paperstrips are moistened, and the outer side of the sheets D of sheetmusic,850., are placed at their inner edges on the moistened gummed parts,whereby the sheets are secured on the strips 0, and are thus connectedwith the stripA. In case four sheets are to be united, the fabricstripsA are sewed together along their longitudinal central lines, eachstrip A being provided with two gummed strips, 0, on the same side asshown in Figs. 2 and 4. In case three sheets, D, are united, a strip, A,provided with two gummed strips, 0, and half a strip, A, provided withone gummed strip, 0., are sewed together along the longitudinal centralline of the strip A having the two gumrned strips 0, as shown in Fig. 3.The fabric strip A is strong and durable, and prevents separating of thesheets D, and the gummed strips 0 facilitate uniting the sheets D withthe back or strip A. If more than four sheets, D, are to be united, morethan two fabric strips having gumined strips 0 are sewed together.-

The above-described back may be used for uniting all kinds of sheets. Asthe middle part of the fabric strip is uncovered, it can fold easilywithout breaking or tearing, and as the paper strips 0 are secured onthe fabric strip throughout their entire length they are not apt to betorn off.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

back for sheetniusic, consisting of a fabrio strip on one surface ofwhich two g ummed paper strips are secured longitudinally, the inneredges of the gummed strips being sepa rated a short distance from eachother, substantially as herein shown and described.

GERARD O. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. SEDGWIOK.

